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Analyze time and cost savings for agents

In Copilot Studio, you can calculate how much time or money an agent saves compared to other methods. With this information, you can estimate an agent's business impact, identify and prioritize successful agents, and track return on investment (ROI) over time.

Use the Savings calculator to estimate your savings per run or to calculate the savings of one or more of the tools your agent uses.

Screenshot of the Analytics tab.

Note

Admins can choose to turn off cost savings using the Disable money saving rules setting. This is an environment-level setting managed in the Power Platform admin center by the tenant administrator. Makers can still calculate time savings with cost savings turned off.

  1. On the Analytics page for your agent, if a Savings panel doesn't appear, select the More icon (…) in the Overview panel and select Add savings.

    Screenshot of the Add savings option under the More icon.

    If there's an empty Savings panel with no calculated metrics displayed, select Calculate savings.

    Screenshot of an empty, first-run Savings card showing the Calculate savings button.

    If there's already a Savings panel with a configured savings calculation displayed, select the More icon (…) and select Edit.

    Note

    When you edit the savings calculation, this operation replaces the existing calculation with a new one.

  2. On the Ways to calculate your savings panel, select Savings per run if you want to estimate savings on a per run basis. If your agent is a conversational agent, select the Savings per tool tile.

Estimate savings per run for an agent

Use the Savings calculator to estimate savings of time or money of your agent, running from activation to completion of all activated tools, as compared to other methods on a per run basis. A per-run calculation gives you a general, quick estimate of your agent's ROI.

  1. On the Calculate savings per run panel, enter the required information depending on your needs:

    • To estimate time savings, enter the estimated amount of time required for another method to complete the agent's task, and select Calculate.

      If this is a new estimation to replace an existing one on your Analytics tab, select Recalculate.

      The calculator returns the estimated work time the agent saved for the time period, on a per run basis.

    • To estimate cost savings, enter the estimated cost required for another method to complete the task of the agent, select the currency you're measuring in, and select Calculate.

      If this is a new estimation to replace an existing one on your Analytics tab, select Recalculate.

      The calculator returns the estimated cost the agent saved for the time period, on a per run basis.

    Screenshot of estimated savings on a per run basis for an autonomous agent.

  2. Select Add to Analytics to add this estimation to your Analytics tab. If this is a new estimation to replace an existing one on your Analytics tab, select Update.

Calculate savings per tool for your agent

Use the Savings calculator to calculate time or cost saved using different measurements for each of your agent's tools, as compared to another method. This information gives you a more detailed estimate of your agent's ROI based on the different tasks your agent performs.

  1. On the Calculate savings per tool panel, for each tool you would like to calculate savings on, enter the required information depending on your needs:

    • To calculate time savings, enter the estimated amount and unit of time the other method would take to complete the tool's task, and then select Calculate.

      If this is a new estimation to replace an existing one on your Analytics tab, select Recalculate.

      The calculator returns the estimated work time the agent saved, for the specified tool. Hover over the % increase or decrease calculated metric to compare this result to the previous time period.

    • To calculate cost savings, enter the estimated cost it would take for the other method to complete the tool's task, and select Calculate.

      If this is a new calculation to replace an existing one on your Analytics tab, select Recalculate.

      The calculator returns the estimated cost the agent saved, for the specified tool. Hover over the % increase or decrease calculated metric to compare this result to the previous time period.

    Screenshot of estimated savings of an agent for an individual tool.

  2. Select Add to Analytics to add this calculation to your Analytics tab. If this is a new calculation to replace an existing one on your Analytics tab, select Update.

View savings from the Analytics tab

Once a savings calculation or estimation exists and is included in your analytics, you can see savings insights directly from the Analytics tab.

Screenshot of savings panel on Analytics tab.

If your Analytics tab shows a savings estimation on a per run basis, the Savings panel shows the estimated time savings if the work is done by a person instead of automation. The percent increase or decrease indicates the degree to which this estimation differs since the previous time range.

If the tab shows a savings calculation based on tools, you can see more savings insights on a per tool basis by selecting See details.

Screenshot of savings detail on a per tool basis.

Modify or remove savings calculations

You can modify the estimates used by the savings calculations, or remove them from your agent's Analytics page.

  1. Go to your agent's Analytics page.

  2. In the Overview section, select the More icon (…), then Edit to change estimates, or Remove to stop the Savings section from appearing.

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